Flash in the Metropolitan
The flashing strobe light used in the filming allows the viewer to see the objects as if in animation. The viewer is only granted a fleeting glimpse of a series of artefacts, which, with any detail removed, reduces their status to an icon without a narrative.
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Film details
- Country of production
- UK
- Year
- 2006
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 3"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
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